Ravenclaw's Sapphire

"She's a Parseltongue!"

From nowhere, from whoever, tremblingly said these words.The scene suddenly became noisy, and some students rushed out of the crowd and turned around to run, for fear that the monster in the center would take a fancy to them and catch them in the corner and get rid of them.Lockhart could no longer put on a graceful smile, because he couldn't stop the growing chaos. No one listened to him at all, and the male and female students didn't care about him standing there like a pillar. Lockhart's His waist and back were hit hard at least three times by unknown students.

Snape looked gloomy. He stood in the corner and observed Zoe, the child that Dumbledore had been taking care of.As an ex-Death Eater, of course he knew Max, that woman was always impressive.Snape knew a little more about the child and her fate than the average person.

Hermione sat on the floor, watching the chaos with wide eyes. These people were like frightened birds. She quickly got up from the ground to avoid being stepped on.She looked for the one she wanted in the crowd, but was distracted by a more shocking sight.

Zoe waved her wand at Lockhart furiously. She was blinded by her anger. She only had the incident that Lockhart made an unnecessary move and angered the Black Snake. She didn't think about her position, nor did she think about doing it. As for the consequences of Lockhart's identity?That's even less important.Remembering that Hermione was almost hurt by this man's stupidity a few minutes ago, she just wanted to teach that handsome face a lesson.

"The raging..."

Sparks ignited at the feet of Lockhart's robes, forming a circle of fire, and Lockhart looked like he was about to tap dance in the fire, but he was obviously not aware of the impending disaster.

"Drowsy." The man's sigh was not noticed by anyone.A strong sense of dizziness hit Zoe's mind, her vision was hazy, and she had no chance to respond at all. She lost consciousness the moment she realized that she was hit by a spell.

******

"Grandpa, what is this, a curse? It makes me different from everyone else."

She once asked her grandfather what the true nature of this talent is. Even in the Siegel family with a long history, it is very rare for a child like her to appear.

Grandpa seemed to be lost in memory, smiling nostalgicly, he touched Zoe's head, and told her: "This is not a curse, Parseltongue, it's a precious talent worth cherishing. Zoe, is there no strength?" Whether it is right or wrong, only the person concerned can decide how it is used.”

But when she used this power in front of others, she would always only get a frightened face, no matter whether she used this power to protect them from poisonous snakes or not, they would just keep backing away and let her go away.

Later in a certain trial, she heard that one of her "crimes" was this power. Everyone knows that Voldemort can speak Parseltongue, which is also the standard for most wizards to judge whether a person is a dark wizard.

So she swore to keep this secret strictly, not to use this power in front of anyone, because it would only make her lonely.

But this time she couldn't do it, when she saw the snake attacking Hermione Granger, she just had a rush of blood, her head went blank, and she spoke out uncontrollably.

I just don't want you to get hurt, so—

please do not leave me.

*****

There was a cool touch on her face, and someone was wiping her forehead with a wet towel.Being treated so tenderly, Zooey hummed comfortably and slowly opened her eyes.

At first, he frowned uncomfortably because of the sudden light, but after two or three seconds, his field of vision became much clearer, and he followed the hand holding the towel above his line of sight, and saw Hermione's thoughts bathed in the light. He slumped heavily, pulling a strand of brown hair back behind his ear.

"Can I have a glass of water?"

Hermione was taken aback, and hurried to the table to find the kettle, but failed.Zooey looked helplessly at Hermione's flustered and helpless attitude, and could only whisper to her, "Use the wand."

Only then did Hermione remember, and hastily tapped the mouth of the empty glass with her wand, clear water flowed into the glass along the wand, and Hermione handed the glass over carefully.

After thanking her, Zooey drank the water in one gulp, her dry throat was moisturized, and she felt much better.Her drowsy mind gradually regained her thinking, and she handed the cup back to Hermione.

"You are taking care of me..."

"Huh? Uh, uh."

An awkward silence.Hermione didn't know what to say, and the accusation seemed too cold and heartless, but the greeting seemed like she had compromised with Zoe's actions, and there was a choke in her heart anyway.

Subconsciously, she continued to wipe Zooey's face with the towel. As soon as it touched the left cheek, Zooey gasped, bared her teeth, and showed a pitiful expression.

"Does it hurt?"

"Well, after all, both slaps are in the same position..." Zoe smiled wryly.

Hermione, who understood her subtext, glared at her: "You've done it yourself, you deserve it! If you were more sincere, you wouldn't be like this. Lavender told me that you provoked Parvati before."

But even though she was merciless, she still consciously reduced her strength and helped Zoe with a simple cold compress.Zooey looked at the scratch marks on her hands depressedly, "Do you Gryffindors like to slap faces so much? Rude, not like a wizard at all."

"Before becoming a wizard, Parvati was Padma's sister, and it has nothing to do with whether she is a Gryffindor or not." Hermione said very bluntly, "You should learn a lesson, who told you to look down on other people? sincere."

Zooey was noncommittal: "Well, what else do you want to say besides that? You have a lot on your mind."

"I'm thinking of your Parseltongue. It's said in the book that it's the hallmark of a dark wizard, and Salazar Slytherin himself has a Parseltongue!" Hermione ruffled her hair irritably, "Damn it, now Isn't it more difficult to prove that you are not the heir!"

Zooey swears that this is the most gentle sentence she has ever said to Hermione: "Why do you still believe me until now? After you understand that I have this power."

Hermione gave her a "something you're talking about" look back, "Because you can't do that! Whether you're an 'evil' Parseltongue or not. You were going to save me, weren't you? So Isn't it obvious that the snake will give up the attack?"

"Listen, Zoe. We have to find out the truth before the Ministry of Magic gets involved. You can ask Malfoy for me, he must know who opened the Chamber of Secrets 50 years ago. There must be a difference between the opening of the Chamber of Secrets last time and this one." As long as we find that person, we can find more clues."

"In fact, Draco didn't know, Mr. Lucius didn't tell him." Zoe said, "He also wants to find an heir, and no one knows who the heir is."

"Really?! My God! All the previous plans were ruined, I even got the book from Professor Tollohart, and went to steal Snape's potion ingredients, I stayed up for weeks... God... …now we have no clue." Hermione looked down dejectedly.

"I haven't asked you yet, why did you find Mrs. Norris at that time? I mean, you can't just wander around without a purpose..."

"Because Harry said he heard a suspicious voice... a suspicious voice—yes! And this!" Hermione slapped her head. "Harry said he heard a voice on Halloween night saying something' Kill...it's time...death...', he thought it was wrong, so he took Ron and me to find the source of the sound, and finally found Mrs. Norris, which had been petrified...but Recently he said he can't hear the sound anymore, is there something wrong?"

Zoe thought for a long time, this is an almost impossible possibility, savior, if Harry Potter is also a Parselmouth, how likely is it?No one in their family even had a history of Parseltongue!It is genetically impossible, and there has never been a dark wizard in the history of the Potter family. He is a Parseltongue as ridiculous as Zoe is not Voldemort's daughter.

But if she was right, and Harry Potter had a Parseltongue, then the voices he heard at the time that no one else could hear, probably belonged to a language that only people like them could understand.

It was a snake-like monster with the ability to petrify. According to historical records, the most suspicious creature was naturally——

"Someone secretly raised a basilisk in the school. He also killed all the chickens in the chicken coop."

Luna was holding a thick book, and Zooey saw that the sleeves of her robe were still stained with chicken feathers, "I met our Mr. Forest Ranger on the road, and he took me to the chicken coop, and he complained about having to show A protective charm, or wring the chicken-killer's neck."

"The basilisk! That's right, the crowing of a chicken is what the basilisk fears the most!" Hermione suddenly realized, "You were the Quidditch delivery note..." She glanced at Zoe quickly, "Zoe roommate?"

"Luna Lovegood, call me Luna." Luna waved her hand carelessly, she looked exhausted, she sank herself into the soft sofa, "Hogwarts is so big, I used to think only It's the woods behind my house that make me so miserable."

Her eyelids fluttered, her whole body curled up on the sofa, as if she would fall asleep at any moment.Hermione was dumbfounded, feeling that this girl was too casual.

"I remember you should be in class now."

"It's turned up." Luna said lightly, "I'm investigating the behavior of that big monster. It's impossible for it to wander in the corridor without being seen by anyone. Either it will be invisible, or it has its own special The area of ​​activity. Finding out about this will help us find the real culprit—or at least figure out where the Chamber of Secrets is."